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2026-05-16
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Project Gutenberg – keeps getting better gutenberg.org

2026-05-16 来源: gutenberg.org 🔥 743 points 💬 178 评论

Project Gutenberg is a volunteer-run digital library offering over 75,000 free eBooks in epub and Kindle formats. Founded in 1971, it provides access to the world's great literature, focusing on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired. Users can download or read books online without fees or registration.

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I believe there are entire companies right now under AI psychosis twitter.com/mitchellh

2026-05-16 来源: twitter.com/mitchellh 🔥 884 points 💬 384 评论

Mitchell Hashimoto expresses concern that entire companies are experiencing "AI psychosis" — an uncritical embrace of AI where rational discussion becomes impossible. He warns that companies believe shipping bugs is acceptable because AI agents will fix them quickly, while latent risk accumulates and semantic understanding erodes.

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Additive Blending on the Nintendo 64 phoboslab.org

2026-05-16 来源: phoboslab.org 🔥 32 points 💬 3 评论

The Nintendo 64's visual effects often looked worse than the PlayStation's because its Reality Display Processor didn't clamp results—colors would wrap around instead of saturating. The author developed a clever workaround: render to a 32-bit buffer at 1/8th intensity, providing headroom for additive blending without overflow.

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The bird eye was pushed to an evolutionary extreme quantamagazine.org

2026-05-16 来源: quantamagazine.org 🔥 30 points 💬 2 评论

Scientists discovered how bird retinas—one of the most metabolically active tissues—function despite lacking blood vessels to deliver oxygen. Bird retinas operate through anaerobic glycolysis, a process significantly less efficient than oxygen-powered metabolism, yet sufficient to sustain their exceptional vision capabilities.

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Naturally Occurring Quasicrystals johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com

2026-05-16 来源: johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com 🔥 67 points 💬 5 评论

Quasicrystals have patterns that never repeat, like Penrose tiles. They're created only by exotic violent events: asteroid collisions, lightning hitting sand dunes, or atomic bombs. The first natural quasicrystals were found in the Khatyrka meteorite in Russia—three different types, never found anywhere else on Earth.

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The main thing about P2P meth is that there's so much of it (2021) dynomight.net

2026-05-16 来源: dynomight.net 🔥 58 points 💬 48 评论

This investigation analyzes claims that P2P meth causes more severe psychological effects than older ephedrine-based meth. The author concludes P2P meth is actually purer—around 95% d-methamphetamine. The key finding: quantity, not chemistry, explains the surge in effects as supply has dramatically increased and prices dropped.

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How to Write to SSDs [pdf] vldb.org

2026-05-16 来源: vldb.org 🔥 56 points 💬 6 评论

A technical paper from VLDB (Very Large Data Bases) journal discussing optimal strategies for writing data to Solid State Drives, covering flash memory characteristics, write amplification, wear leveling, and performance optimization techniques for modern storage systems.

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A 0-click exploit chain for the Pixel 10 projectzero.google

2026-05-16 来源: projectzero.google 🔥 345 points 💬 158 评论

Project Zero researchers developed a zero-click exploit chain for Google Pixel 10, discovering a critical flaw in the VPU driver for Tensor G5's Wave677DV chip. The mmap handler vulnerability allows mapping arbitrary physical memory, including the kernel image—exploitation required only five lines of code.

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Show HN: Epiq – Distributed Git based issue tracker TUI ljtn.github.io

2026-05-16 来源: ljtn.github.io 🔥 20 points 💬 6 评论

Epiq is a vim-inspired, terminal-native issue tracker that renders Kanban boards as ASCII. It stores work as an immutable event log and synchronizes through Git, eliminating the need for SaaS services or browsers. Features conflict-aware collaboration and includes an MCP server for AI agent interactions.

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California bill would require patches or refunds when online games shut down arstechnica.com

2026-05-16 来源: arstechnica.com 🔥 359 points 💬 214 评论

California's Protect Our Games Act would require digital game publishers to either provide refunds or offer an updated version enabling continued use after server shutdowns. The bill advanced past the appropriations committee with an 11-2 vote, setting up a floor vote despite ESA objections.

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